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Wishing you all a very happy and blessed Diwali/Deepavali.

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Personally, I would not wait for a validation from scriptures or from any humans to justify such donations to prolong other people's lives. What could be better than making 'dana' of your...

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I too want to congratulate my countrymen and indeed the whole world for getting past the saddest period in the history of our nation, but there are about 71 million souls in our country...

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Sorry to hear that.
Any loss of senior leaders of any of the Hindu orders is a loss for all of us. I hope and pray that the Pajapita Brahamkumaris organization will stay strong and...

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Wishing all of you a very happy and blessed Dussehra/Vijayadashmi!

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History consists of stories of bygone eras. These stories are not necessarily meant to blame the long dead but to raise the awareness of the present living beings so that the same...

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Thank you for making a timely post on mental toughness/mental strength/willpower - maansik shakti. It is a must have tool for all beings in order to be able to deal with the daily...

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Wishing everyone a very happy Janamashtami.
May Bhagwan Krishan keep us all safe and healthy.

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Welcome to the forum.

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/24/us/santa-fe-store-vandalized-trnd/index.html#:~:text=The%20restaurant%20India%20Palace%20was,was%20vandalized%2C%20the%20report%20said.
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Thank you for sharing this item. It was heartening to note that the Hindu Students Council organized this effort.

How we shoot ourselves in the foot? The Indian newspaper which...

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Arya Samaj is the only institution which performs 'shuddhi' havans to help muslims convert back to their original Hindu faith. Here are they performing the miracle,
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Here is an explanation of the absence of meat in the Hindu diet,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecCPLt5rE58



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Transcend, transcend, transcend!
Transcend all the labels - advaita, dvaita, tri-veta, quad-veta and all else.
Latch on to the deity(ies) and the scriptures that help you with your...

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Sorry I missed this post and did not reply in time.

Having observed the changes in people over a period of time, it became evident somewhere along the line that we are not fixed in...

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Welcome back.
I hope it was not the Corona caused cabin fever that made you come back to the forum. :)

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Welcome to the forum. You are most welcome here.

The other day someone asked me a question for which I did not have a satisfactory answer. So, as an opening discussion, a king is...

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That is an excellent point. To further elaborate on your post, a sattvic person is constantly involved in dharmayudha as the onslaught from the non-sattvic forces of this world is a...

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If somebody told me that they could accurately predict the time of accident, mode of travel it would happen in and the extent of my injury, I would run away from that person as fast as I...

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Happy Holi. Hope you were able to find like minded people in your city.
Here is how the Hare Krishna temple in Utah celebrates Holi,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9qqaLi1THM
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People fly (or at least try to) with all kinds of emotional support animals to sooth their nerves; why not have goats during yoga to make you calmer?

Some more oddities,...

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I am not starting a new trend, :) that is how He is honored in our scriptures.


None that I can think of right now.

Perhaps someone else will come along to answer your question...

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I could not have said it better.

The trove of Hindu sacred literature is for reading and reflecting upon. We have to dig into the intricacies of the events without using our puny...

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As a deterrent to trolls, who by the way visit us quite often, the moderators screen the initial posts. As the moderators are busy householders with myriad responsibilities and are also...

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Welcome!

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Welcome to the forum; looking forward to your inputs and conversations.

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An Afghani and an American team up for these numbers,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALFM5izhr70
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK8OmhmCn3A


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Interesting!

Tell us more about your trip - starting point (country/city), points of interest along the way and the end of journey point, ease of travel (train/bus/private taxi), mode...

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If I may interject and provide a viewpoint,
In Hinduism, God set in motion this universe and established the law of karma. So, every action good or bad will meet its karmic reaction...

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Sufism in generally associated with Islam. But at least in India, it was mysticism, both among the adherents of Hinduism and Islam that molded the religious thinking of many people.
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The amount of time that you spend on puja, meditation, learning and reciting bhajans, visiting a temple, studying various scriptures, finding and associating with like minded people, all...

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Welcome to the forum.

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Thanks for educating me.



That is what I meant when I said that they killed God. By emphasizing that we should trust only the things that we can measure quatitatively and accept...

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In Europe the time period between 1685 and 1815 is called the Age of Enlightenment. It was during this time frame that the noted scientists and philosophers of the day from all across...

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Welcome to the forum.
Thanks for all the good information.

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The soldiers who rebelled against the British Raj at Sialkot in 1857 were not merely rounded up and executed, they were blown up by a canon. The skull of one of the blown up soldiers was...

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That is a very beautiful, soothing bhajan. Thanks.

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Following is the link to a sufi Punjabi song with some Urdu words.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE00KMIJVlE

Kulli raah vich payee asaN tere, te aunda janda takda raveeN,
(O God!...

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Many a poets, romanatists, philosophers and intellectuals have tried to define love but all of these definitions are grounded in the material world. Here is a spiritual take on the...

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Until a Tamil speaking person stops by and puts in the effort to translate, google translate (even though it is incomplete) is your only option. You might try posting your question in a...

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This is a sad chapter from American History which is neither taught in schools nor talked about.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/27/us/red-summer-1919-racial-violence/index.html

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Welcome to the forum.

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It is unfortunate that you had something that needed to be addressed right away, but consider this,
In the medical care field, there are doctors whereby you...

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So true. Many a lay people associate dhoti/tilak/mechanical chanting combination with the person being "shuddha". Among their ranks, there are many rotten apples.



They try to...

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Welcome to the forum.

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Welcome to the forum.

Have you had a chance to visit Prambanan and Borobudur? Would love to compare notes with you about my experiences in Bali and Yogyakarta, Java.

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